Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 1 - video preview

240-page full-color 7.25" x 10" hardcover • $39.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-289-0

http://www.fantagraphics.com/strangesuspense

Before the Amazing Spider-Man, before the mysterious Dr. Strange, before the black-and-white world of the Ayn Rand-inspired Mr. A, the legendary comic book artist Steve Ditko was conjuring all manners of horrors at his drawing table. In his first two years in the industry (1953 and 1954), Ditko drew tales of macabre suspense that were not yet hobbled by the imminent Comics Code Authority (adopted in Oct. 1954). These stories featured graphic bloodshed, dismemberment and blood-curdling acid baths as the ugly end to the lives of the dark and twisted inhabitants of Steve Ditkos imagination.

Following up on Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko, Blake Bells 2008 best-selling critical retrospective of Ditkos career, Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 1 features, for the first time, spectacular full-color reprints of every story from those first two years of his career. Beginning with Ditkos very first story to Ditkos short stint in the Joe Simon/Jack Kirby studio, to Ditkos eventual encampment at the Charlton Comics operation in 1954, readers will see the initial works of an artist already at a level of craftsmanship that exceeded most of his peers. The book also features editor Bells insightful introduction, providing historical background and speaking to Ditko's influence and his unique craft.

In stock: October 2009 (subject to change)
In stores: November 2009 (subject to change)

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